Detailed Textual Analysis of 3 Music

VideosBy Natalia Dang

Pink- F**kin’ Perfect

Narrative Music Video- A music video representing narrative technique is a video that tells a story

about something or someone though.

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IntroductionI decided to analyse music video of

Pink - F**kin’ perfect because I think it tells very sad story that

makes me cry overtime I hear it but it also have a happy ending, which always reminds me to believe in

myself.It represents a mother that had a very difficult childhood where no-one understood her and she felt

very underestimated. Now, she tells her daughter to never feel this way and she’s perfect no matter what.

Media representation/institution

sIt was released on December 14, 2010 by LaFace Records and RCA Records as the album's second single. Written by Pink with Max Martin and Shellback, the track is a pop rock number which

encourages people to accept each other for their true identities.Pink has stated that the main

inspiration behind the track is her husband, Carey Hart. Its music video,

directed by longtime collaborator Dave Meyers, delivers a message against depression, self-harm and suicide. In November 2011, the song garnered a Grammy Award nomination for Best

Pop Solo Performance. "Fuckin' Perfect" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Pink's eleventh top-ten hit single in the United States. Her

image gained more sensitivity for human’s problems.

Mice en Scene/ Genre

Setting and props: drugs,cutting, attempting suicide, crying, sadness, girl meets boy, sex.

Costume, hair and make up: the character tries to wear in her own way but her mother doesn’t

understands it and tells her to wear a ‘’proper’’ clothes. In the most of scenes she wears lots of blacks

and strong makeup. Pink however appears in her usual short hair + minimalistic makeup and clothes.

Facial Expressions and Body Language: We can see the girl smiling at the end so we can say

she is happy. She is also with her boyfriend so we can see romance

and love from their body language. For most of the time the girl is crying as well as

suicide attempting, so obviously we know she is very sad. Her mother doesn’t understands her and still

argue with her so we see she is angry.Positioning of Characters and Objects within a frame: At first we can see the women having sex with a men the he turns to other side, which looks very sad but at

the end of the video we see him turns to her side again, hugs her and they both are mailing to each other, which tells us they have a close relationship.

Lights and colours are pretty basic and real.Iconography: Drama- crying, cutting, drugs,

underestimating.

Genre Characteristics and NarrativeThe store told in video is dramatic. There is one use of

strong language which is ‘’f**k’’ but in official version it’s censured and the rest of the lyrics is suitable for

everyone. The video contains a discreet sexual activity where you can’t see nudity. You can also find there intense scenes like cutting, taking

drugs and violence.

The story is nonlinear, which means it is not in chronological order. The story begins from the women lying on the bed and having sexual activity then she looks at teddy bear and comebacks to the time when

she was a child to present, then comebacks to the beginning of scene in bed. After that she walks into

her daughter’s room at the end.The camera was used in so many different shots

depending from the needs of scenes. The CU (Close Up) shot is used to reveal details. They are shots of

just the head and shoulders of a subject. For example a Pink, which appears from time to time and sings. The shot is right for this scene because you can see

the emotions on her face. There is also use of extremely close ups, medium shots, long shots and

both low and high angle. It shows the audience an amazing story which makes them think about their lives. the track is a pop rock

number which encourages people to accept each other for their true identities.

Media Values and Ideologies

the track is a pop rock kind of music, which encourages people to accept each other for their true

identities. Delivers a message against depression, self-harm and suicide.

Media AudiencesThe text is mainly addressed to people with similar issues to the ones that are shown in the video. The target audience refereeing to the standard categorising is:

-Standard occupational classification - Group C,D,E -Geodemographics- All -Psychographics- Strugglers -Age- All but mainly teenagers -Sexual Orientation- All -Gender- Both

The assumptions about the audience’s characteristics are there because of the content and problems that are shown. Audience probably read this text as a message against depression, self-harm and suicide.

Me, as an audience member read this text in my own way. I was misunderstood, mistaken and underestimated like everyone in some ways. It may not have as big impact on me as in the story but it always reminds me that I have to be myself, not a person that everyone want me to be. In the other way I won’t be happy. It also reminds me that people aren’t robots, they make lots of mistakes and life isn’t about being perfect in someone else’s eyes but but my own.

Avicii- Wake Me Uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y_KJAg8bHI

Performance (In-concert) music video - It is a music video that wasn’t recorded in a studio and instead of it, there is used footage from

concert or gig.

IntroductionI decided to analyse this video as a performance one because I think it’s one of the best I know, the lyrics are beautiful and it was actually the first one that I thought

of.

Media Representatio

nsThere are two music videos to this song. The first one,

called lyric video was released onto YouTube on 28 June 2013 at a total length of four minutes and twelve

seconds, and teaser clips for the official video were also released. The lyric video has been viewed over

237 million times. The video shows lyrics of the songs on the moving landscapes of sunrise and clouds

twisted with a parts of the concerts. At the end you can also see the artist before going on the scene and editing his song on the computer. It was represented

this way because Avicii wanted to show how important part of his life is a music for him. Another reason was that this song was part of the opening or closing sequence of his sets at EDC Las Vegas, EDC

London, Tomorrowland, Creamfields, Electric Zoo and the iTunes Festival, which are the biggest music festivals in the world, so the footage was quite impressive. It definitely improved his image as

showing that he is very talented DJ.The other music video was realised one day later and had much more views (over 772 million). It shows a story of two females(I think they’re sisters) and the meaning of it is to show that everyone can find own place in the world and also everyone will fit to be a

part of his fans.

Media Language and Forms

The content: is suitable for everyone as there is not any strong language of visual explicit content.

Setting and props: Concert footage, crowd of fans, shouting teenagers, dj booth.Costume, hair and make up: The artist wears casual as the lyrics are about a life that can

appeal to everyone. Facial Expressions and Body Language:

We can see him focused and also his body language (moving with the rhythm) tells us he is making music with passion. We also see him smiling while editing song which

means he is proud of it. Positioning of Characters and Objects within a frame: There are so much fans being very

happy and having so much fan, which shows they enjoy Avicii’s musicLights and colours: are so much colourful light in the in the scene while everywhere

around is dark. There are also fireworks and other special effect.Camera work: Lots of very long shots to see how amazing the concert looks like, some

close ups to see the emotions of artist and fans.

GenreThe genre of the song is: Progressive

house soul, folktronica but the genre of the lyrics is kind of biography/ drama.

Media Institutions

is a song by Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii. American soul singer

Aloe Blacc provides vocals for the track[5][6] and Incubus' Mike Einziger provides acoustic guitar. It was

released on June 17, 2013 by PRMD Music, Lava Records and Columbia

Records as the first single from Avicii's full-length debut studio album, True (2013). It was the third single to be written by Aileen Marie Quinn and

feature a Marantz Enhanced Digital Stereo audio track.

AudienceThe text is mainly addressed to people with similar struggles in life, fans of Avicii or this kind of genre.

The target audience refereeing to the standard categorising is:

-Standard occupational classification- Group C,D,E -Geodemographics- All -Psychographics- Strugglers, aspirers, explorers -Age- All but mainly teenagers -Sexual Orientation- All -Gender- Both

Audience probably read the text as it’s a singing about life. The artist says he felt lost so many times and he couldn’t handle his life but now he feels alright because he doesn’t care about it all that much and he doesn’t want to.

Me, as an audience member read this text in my own way. As basically every single teenager I felt lost so many times , I didn’t know what to do with my future and when I finally decided where is my place and what I want to do, people started telling me that it’s wrong and I should open my eyes. However I follow my own decisions and I listen to my heart. I think the song is exactly about it.

Wiz Khalifa - See You Again ft. Charlie Puth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgKAFK5djSkHomage Music Video- It is a video technique demonstrating respect to dedication to someone or something. The track was commissioned for

the soundtrack of the 2015 action film Furious 7 as a tribute to the late Paul Walker.

IntroductionI have chosen this music video as it pays the

respect of one of my favourite actors who died. The genre of the song is hip-hop.

Media Language and Forms

Media Representatio

nsIt is a song recorded by American rapper Wiz Khalifa featuring American singer Charlie Puth. The track was commissioned for the soundtrack of the 2015 action film Furious 7 as a tribute to the late Paul Walker. The artists co-wrote the song with its co-producers, DJ Frank E and Andrew Cedar, with additional production from Puth and mixing provided by Manny Marroquin. "See You Again" was released on March 17, 2015, as the soundtrack's lead single in the United States. "See You Again" was written in memory of Paul Walker, who died in a single-vehicle accident on November 30, 2013 in Valencia, California. Because the filming of Furious 7 was underway, Paul's brothers offered to step in so the movie could be completed. It was a saying goodbye from everyone who meet him on the plan of Fast and Furious as well as it helped say the same his fans.

Media Language and Forms

The content: is suitable for everyone as there is not any strong language of visual explicit content.

Setting and props: Footage from film Fast and Furious showed as memories, raping raper, singing singer.

Costume, hair and make up: Charlie Puth wears black clothes as it suitable to occasion, Wiz Khalifa wears his typical raper-style clothes, rest of them wear the same as in the movie.

Facial Expressions and Body Language: The body language of Wiz is a typical for every raper. You can also see lots of happy, smiling

faces as a memories with Paul Walker and also him smiling.Positioning of Characters and Objects within a frame: Charlie playing on piano and singing

on some heel with a landscape of some big buildings in the background. Wiz in similar background. Basically they used a scenes from movie as well as short pieces of all parts of

the movie.Lights and colours: The real light of the afternoon.

Camera work: Many close ups to see the emotions and some long shots to see whole Fast and Furious shore and artists on the movie’s scenes.

Media Institutions

The artists co-wrote the song with its co-producers, DJ Frank E and Andrew Cedar, with additional production from Puth and

mixing provided by Manny Marroquin. "See You Again" was released on March

17, 2015, as the soundtrack's lead single in the United States. "See You Again"

was written in memory of Paul Walker, who died in a single-vehicle accident on

November 30, 2013 in Valencia, California. The music video for "See You Again" was directed by Marc Klasfeld.[ It

was uploaded to YouTube on April 6, 2015. As of November 2015, the video has received over 1.15 billion views,

making it the fifth most viewed video on the site and the most viewed video by a rapper. "See You Again" is the second-

fastest video to reach a billion views on YouTube, accomplishing this feat in 185

days, just behind "Gangnam Style", which took 159 days to do it.

AudienceThe text is mainly addressed to fans of Paul

Walker, Fast and Furious, Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth or simply just rap listeners.

The target audience refereeing to the standard categorising is:

-Standard occupational classification- Group C,D,E -Geodemographics- All -Psychographics- Strugglers, aspirers, explorers -Age All -Sexual Orientation- All -Gender- Both

Audience probably read the text as saying goodbye to Paul Walker as well as me.